Soooo much Tegal, it frustrates me. Yes it looks bad, yes the photos are bad, but we (And the US) have a justice system that is innocent until proven guilty, and it should be treated as such.
In saying that he will now be suspended as the Vikings, NFL & Adrian himself have all now had a Sponsor come out against it, the threat of monetary loss will end it. But the Rabid media saying he should be banned indefinitely before he is guilty is disgusting to me. Ben Roethlisberger served a 6 game suspension two-three years ago for a sexual assault, it was only being investigated at the time, and in the end the charges were dropped, but he was still suspended...
The Ray Rice case, there was no guilty verdict, but he admitted to having a problem and was going through courses etc (This is the same as guilty), and hence a punishment for him was fine (Think 2 games was too short, but also think fired & indefinite suspension was too much, especially as it goes against the new policy they made ie. 6 games for first offence), Rice is likely to win his appeal as proof will come out that NFL saw the video before they upped the suspension, or that Rice admitted punching her and knocking her out, meaning there is no grounds for a change of punishment.
Greg hardy - He has been found guilty, and appealed, at the time of the guilty verdict the NFL started to look at suspension, but have delayed it until such time as the appeal is finalised.
There have also been at least a dozen allegations of Rape against NFL & College players in recent years that have been investigated and then binned, you cannot start punishing people just because of an allegation or a charge, it's a terrible precedent to set.
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